Crossroad for BioTransfer Co-organizers

NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI)
Established in 1984 and counting a personnel of more than 600, NRC-BRI is the largest research facility devoted to biotechnology in Canada. Through its Health and Environment sectors, in collaboration with its Bioprocess Centre, the Institute promotes, assists and conducts leading-edge R&D collaborations, services and technology transfers with the biotechnology industry. Every year the institute signs well over 100 agreements with Canadian and international partners.

For more details, visit the website www.irb-bri.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

NRC Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS) Through the integration of its R&D expertise in neurobiology, glycobiology and immunobiology, NRC-IBS is bringing forward innovations that can contribute to reduce the impact of both age-related and infectious diseases. NRC-IBS carries out its research with partners from industry, universities, hospitals and other R&D organizations in Canada and internationally. NRC-IBS helps create real economic value for Canada by licensing its technologies to ensure their commercial exploitation and by making available the knowledge and expertise of its staff in partnered projects.

For more details, visit the website www.isb-ibs.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

The Montreal Excellerator
The Montreal Excellerator is a nonprofit partnership between the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) and McGill University dedicated to expediting the translation of high impact medical solutions into clinical diagnostics and experimental therapies. The mission of the Montreal Excellerator is to advance the market-readiness of groundbreaking discoveries emerging from McGill University and the RI-MUHC and to enhance the commercial value of the underlying intellectual property. This initiative is a vehicle for creating high return on research dollars while generating social and economic benefits.

For more information, please visit the websites:
www.muhc.ca; www.mcgill.ca and www.techtransfer.mcgill.ca

Université de Montréal / Gestion Univalor, limited partnership With 2 affiliated schools, a network of affiliated hospitals and close to $400 million research budget, Université de Montréal is Canada's 2nd most active university in research. Over 1200 researchers are dedicated to the advancement of biomedical and health sciences. Since 2001, Univalor's mission is to transfer to the industry the most promising research outcome from Université de Montreal. Over 200 technologies are available for licensing.

For more details, visit the website www.univalor.ca and www.umontreal.ca

Foundation Biotech Montréal
The Foundation Biotech Montreal purpose is to promote, encourage and contribute to establishing international biotechnology activities, such as conferences, symposiums and projects that will value the work of the scientists of the NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI).

Committees

Program Committee

• Yves Quenneville, Business Development Officer, Industrial Affairs, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
• Eileen Raymond, Director, Industrial Affairs, NRC-BRI
• Pierre Sévigny, Founder, President & CEO, DGel Electrosystem Inc.
• Yves Geoffrion, Business Officer, Business Relations, NRC Institute for Biological Sciences
• John DiMaio, Manager, Life Sciences, McGill University Office of Technology Transfer
• Hélène Grangé, Administratrice de recherche, Université de Montréal
• Costas N. Karatzas, Director, Business Development, The Research Institute of the MUHC
• Luc E. Morisset, Senior Manager, Business Development, Univalor
• Gilles Noel, Directeur, partenariats de recherche et valorization, Université de Montréal
• Benoit Tremblay, Director General, Fondation Biotech Montréal
• Mike M. Walker, Director, Business Services Group, NRC Technology and Industry Support

Finance Committee

• Yves Quenneville, Business Development Officer, Industrial Affairs, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
• Yves Geoffrion, Business Officer, Business Relations, NRC Institute for Biological Sciences
• Benoit Tremblay, Director General, Fondation Biotech Montréal
• Anne-Marie Larose, Technology Transfer Manager, Life Sciences, Univalor
• François Schubert, General Manager, Administration, The Research Institute-McGill University Health Centre
• Pierre Sévigny, Founder, President & CEO, DGel Electrosystem Inc.

Operational Support Committee

• Line Béliveau, Communications Officer, NRC-BRI
• Theminh Diep, Programmer Analyst, NRC-BRI
• André Migneault, Graphic Designer, NRC-BRI
• Lina Ross, Administrative Assistant, NRC-BRI
• Jean-Pierre Dubois, OPC Événements
• Christine St-Jean, Intellectual Property Coordinator, NRC-BRI